College not mandatory under exam program

Marc Tucker:

Ze'ev Wurman and Sandra Stotsky, in their opinion piece ("Grade 10 Diploma Not a Wise Idea," Insight, April 4) misrepresented our proposals.

They suggest that the State Consortium on Board Examination Systems is proposing to send all of the high school students in our states to community colleges at the age of 16. Not so.

We offer the option of going to community college after the sophomore year in high school to students who pass exams showing they can do college-level work. But students who pass these exams could stay in high school to take a career and technical program or a program designed to prepare them for admission to selective colleges. High schools would be obligated to give students who don't pass their exams additional instruction in the areas in which they are weak, so they could succeed the next time they take the exam.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 12, 2010 2:02 AM
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